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FWIW the word "collapse" appears 7 times in the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
by brenden2 7y ago
FWIW the word "collapse" appears 7 times in the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
- ncmncm 7y agoThe retraction of the western part of the empire, and move of the capital to Constantinople, was conflated as a collapse via the anti-oriental bias of Gibbons, which has colored subsequent perceptions. The Empire carried on as a major power for centuries after.